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Ben Superstag wrote:'Yes, but it's a wonderful club, with wonderful supporters who are in a false position. I've had many good battles with Gillingham down the years and you know what they're about, you know what they're going to give you. Wonderful club. Wonderful passionate fans. Fantastic owner. When I was Leeds United manager Alex Ferguson said to me, look at Gillingham, and you don't win everything he has won without knowing a thing or two. At Rotherham I had a great time at Gillingham, it's a wonderful club with wonderful supporters. Fantastic owner. I'm flattered to be linked with such a wonderful club, with wonderful supporters.'

It's the rollercoaster of football, if the approach had taken place 6 days ago half of Stagsnet would have driven him to Gillingham.

The common denominator in all 3 approaches this year, I'll count Charlton in with Swindon and Gillingham, is that they all have dodgy owners who are trying to appease the supporters. Haslam would have approached Evans too, and would have had no intention of landing him. Why not approach a big manager at a club smaller than you, who you have no chance of getting?

Controlled & Clueless. If this is the big life, well I ain't looking to live it.@watski

Clockworktarzan wrote:"Gillingham will make a second approach for Mansfield manager Steve Evans on Wednesday, according to Sky sources, despite failing with their first bid to speak to the 54-year-old".

Evans will have spoken to them already. Why would a club make an official approach without at least sounding him out? In fact, I’d guess Evans has been encouraging it. It’s win win win for him. Name in the press, puts him in a strong posistion for extra January funds, or he gets a job in a higher division.

Im not the real OND wrote:Evans will have spoken to them already. Why would a club make an official approach without at least sounding him out? In fact, I’d guess Evans has been encouraging it. It’s win win win for him. Name in the press, puts him in a strong posistion for extra January funds, or he gets a job in a higher division.

Higher division for how long? They're skint and in the relo's. Evans wont want a relegation.

Its all about timing, he has his squad here and is working towards something. If the season had just finished, he had time and an offer of a large budget to build a fresh squad elsewhere then the chance of him leaving would be greatly increased.